President Trump says U.S. farmers ‘will be better off’ but ‘it will take a little while to get there’

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Monday promised relief to U.S. farmers caught up in his administration’s burgeoning trade dispute with China.

“These are great patriots,” he said, acknowledging they could be pinched by new Chinese tariffs aimed at the president’s political base. “They understand that they’re doing this for the country. And we’ll make it up to them. And, in the end, they’re going to be much stronger than they are right now.”